The year 2020 will have been, as for many people, complicated for Renaud. In October, the 68-year-old singer was hospitalized, as revealed by his twin brother David in the columns of the Figaro : "He went to doctors for a thorough examination to observe emphysema." This was the third stay at Renaud hospital in three years. Something to worry his many fans. As a reminder, pulmonary emphysema is a pulmonary disease of the distal airways characterized by the destruction of the wall of the alveoli. According to David Séchan, it is excessive tobacco consumption (up to four packs per day), which could be responsible for the development of this disease in Renaud. But the singer had only stayed some time at the Pic Saint-Loup clinic in Saint-Clément-de-Rivière, north of Montpellier. Better: on January 30, 2021, he made a surprise appearance in a report on the singer Bénabar broadcast in the show 50 'Inside sure TF1. Happy and enjoying the southern sun, the singer seemed to be doing better.
Renaud and David Séchan close again
This was confirmed by David Séchan on Thursday, February 18 at the microphone of Elodie Suigo in Elodie's world sure France Info. “He's doing the best he can, that's what I can say., he replied to the journalist who asked him news of his brother. Come to present the release of a double DVD / CD in close collaboration with the INA: Renaud Tatatin, the photographer also remembered the dark period when the singer was drinking and didn't seem to want to get out: "I came to see him, he didn't say a word to me. It was very painful. We lived a little hard to the point that I moved away a little during this period, because it was difficult for me". Today again close, to such an extent that David is the spokesperson for Renaud's news, the two brothers continue to work together to perpetuate the magnificent songs written by the artist throughout his career.
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